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Brief Title: Fluorine F 18 EF5 PET/CT Imaging in Patients With Locally Advanced or Recurrent/Metastatic Cervical Cancer
Official Title: [F18]EF5 PET/CT Imaging in Patients With Locally Advanced or Recurrent/Metastatic Carcinoma of the Cervix
Study ID: NCT00978874
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as fluorine F 18 EF5 PET/CT imaging, may help find oxygen in tumor cells. It may also help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This trial is studying fluorine F 18 EF5 PET/CT imaging to see how well it works in finding hypoxia in tumor cells of patients with locally advanced or recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: * To determine if the presence and heterogeneity of hypoxia can be detected by fluorine F 18 EF5 binding in tumors during PET/CT imaging in patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix. * To determine if fludeoxyglucose F 18 uptake correlates with fluorine F 18 EF5 uptake. * To assess the relationship between fluorine F 18 EF5 uptake and disease-free and overall survival. OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease stage (locally advanced vs recurrent or metastatic disease). Patients receive fluorine F 18 EF5 IV followed by PET/CT imaging from the base of skull to upper thigh at baseline and during radiotherapy or chemotherapy (i.e., at 3-4 weeks after the initiation of radiotherapy or after the 4th, 5th, or 6th course of chemotherapy). Patients also undergo fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT imaging within 7 to 10 days of the second fluorine F 18 EF5 scan. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then annually thereafter.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Name: Lilie Lin, MD
Affiliation: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR